Andrew Scott appeared to walk away from a BBC News red carpet interview at the BAFTAs after being asked about director Barry Keoghan’s film salt burn naked dance.
Scott was asked by BBC entertainment correspondent Colin Patterson about his reaction to the scene. “I won’t spoil it for anyone. Great, great,” Scott replied.
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Patterson then invited Scott to “indulge” and asked: how well do you know him? ” he waved off the question and motioned his way down the red carpet.
A clip of the exchange has now been viewed more than 2 million times on Twitter, known as “X.” Patterson’s line of questioning of Scott, who is gay, was criticized by X users.
duties Actor Craig Parkinson accused the BBC of a “lazy, aggressive journalistic pitfall” and former BBC entertainment commissioner Sohail Shah said it was disgusting.
If this is the level of Colin Patterson’s interview skills these days, it’s definitely time for him to hang up the mic. This makes me cringe. #BAFTA https://t.co/4clYRgqCxf
— Sohail Shah (@KingOfSunshine) February 19, 2024
Scott was the representative. all of us strangers However, the film did not win any of the six nominations it received. Scott also presented the award for Best Animated Feature with his co-star Paul Mescal.
He wasn’t the only one asked about Corgan’s naked dance by BBC’s Patterson. Sophie Ellis-Bextor was also furious about the red carpet scene.
The BBC declined to comment.
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